“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” — John 14:6

You can not simultaneously hate authoritarianism and Bitcoin. This is what happens when you get told what to think.

“Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” — John 6:35

Nostr is a decentralized database—it exists everywhere, yet nowhere, all at once.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” — Joshua 1:9

Governments shut down; Bitcoin doesn’t.

Printing money doesn’t solve real problems because it doesn’t create real goods or services. It just creates more dollars chasing the same amount of stuff. Prices rise, but not everyone benefits equally. When new money enters the system, it reaches banks, corporations, and investors first. They use it to buy assets like stocks, homes, and commodities before prices adjust. By the time it filters down through stimulus checks or wage increases, the cost of living has already gone up. The people without assets end up paying higher prices while their income stays the same. That is how inflation quietly transfers wealth. Those who own assets see their value rise. Those who live paycheck to paycheck lose purchasing power. The rich grow richer, not because they work harder, but because they hold things that the new money chases. We saw it after the COVID stimulus. Stocks, real estate, and luxury goods exploded in price while everyday expenses like food, rent, and energy climbed just as fast. People who owned assets were rewarded. Those who didn’t fell further behind. Printing money might look like help, but it only widens the gap between those who produce and those who own. It rewards debt, punishes saving, and slowly erases the middle class under the illusion of relief.

The U.S. is learning the hard way what 40 years of bad economic strategy looks like. For decades, we went long dollars, Treasuries, and service jobs, while China went long commodities, factories, and gold. We exported our manufacturing, our productive base, and our leverage. Now we’re waking up to find we depend on China for everything from rare earths to weapons. Reshoring sounds good on paper, but it’s a trap. Bringing production back home would send inflation through the roof and crush the Treasury market, forcing the Fed into yield curve control and money printing. At the same time, AI is hollowing out what’s left of white-collar work, leaving policymakers staring down a structural unemployment problem they’ll likely try to “fix” with UBI and more debt. And now China is tightening control of rare earth exports, effectively saying USDs aren’t good enough anymore. This is the Triffin dilemma playing out in real time. America built an economy that needs to export dollars to survive, even if it means importing its own decline.

The pups’ first pheasant opener. Bill (black) and Daisy (brown) did great. Both are very tired.

“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” — Romans 12:4-5

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” — Matthew 6:24

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” — John 10:10

“Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.” — Psalm 97:10

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” — 1 John 1:9

“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” — John 15:12

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?” — Matthew 6:28-30

“And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.” — Romans 8:11